Does consistently failing a specific test on Memtest86 while passing every other test provide a clue about whether a memory problem exists or if the problem is CPU memory controller ...

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

There are two types of memory modes offered by the eZ80 CPU. This application describes the types of memory modes, and provides a simple application to demonstrate how to properly configure the eZ80 ...

Windows Millennium Edition (ME) shipped with all of these features, except... Although many microprocessors such as IBM's POWER5 and AMD's Athlon 64 already had built-in memory controllers, Intel ...

In this article we'll be searching for Zen 3's memory sweet spot and looking at DDR4 memory performance with the new Ryzen 5000 CPU series. But before we get into it, it's important we establish a ...

The year so far has been filled with news of Spectre and Meltdown. These exploits take advantage of features like speculative execution, and memory access timing. What they have in common is the fact ...

Graphics display controllers (GDCs) are becoming very popular in an increasing range of embedded automotive electronics applications such as infotainment and navigation displays. One important design ...